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  2. Japanese counter word - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese, counter words or counters are measure words used with numbers to count things, actions, and events. Counters are added directly after numbers. [ 1 ] There are numerous counters, and different counters are used depending on the kind or shape of nouns that are being described. [ 1 ]

  3. Pluractionality - Wikipedia

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    The Ainu language of Japan has a closed class of 'count verbs'. The majority of these end in -pa, an iterative suffix that has become lexicalized on some verbs. For example, kor means 'to have something or a few things', and kor-pa 'to have many things'; there are also causative forms of the latter, kor-pa-re 'to give (one person) many things', kor-pa-yar 'to give (several people) many things'.

  4. Complement (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    He wiped the counter. – the counter is the object complement of the verb wiped. She scoured the tub. – the tub is the object complement of the verb scoured. While it is less common to do so, one sometimes extends this reasoning to subject arguments: [8] He wiped the counter. – He is the subject complement of the verb wiped. She scoured ...

  5. Counter - Wikipedia

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    Counter machine, a subclass of register machines; Counter (digital), an electronic device, mechanical device, or computer program for counting; Loop counter, the variable that controls the iterations of a loop; Jeton, a reckoning counter used on reckoning boards for calculations; Mechanical counter, a digital counter using mechanical components

  6. Japanese grammar - Wikipedia

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    Verbs are conjugated, primarily for tense and voice, but not person. Japanese adjectives are also conjugated. Japanese has a complex system of honorifics with verb forms and vocabulary to indicate the relative status of the speaker, the listener, and persons mentioned. In language typology, it has many features different from most European ...

  7. Mass noun - Wikipedia

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    However, the term "collective noun" is often used to mean "mass noun" (even in some dictionaries) because users conflate two different kinds of verb number invariability: (a) that seen with mass nouns such as "water" or "furniture", with which only singular verb forms are used because the constituent matter is grammatically indivisible ...

  8. MySpace Founder Looks Unrecognizable After Selling Company ...

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    Tom Anderson, who co-founded MySpace in August 2003 at just 32 years old, was recently spotted at Costa Mesa Country Club in Southern California. “Tom is living all our dreams,” another ...

  9. Count noun - Wikipedia

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    Below are examples of all the properties of count nouns holding for the count noun chair, but not for the mass noun furniture. Occurrence in plural. There is a chair in the room. (correct) There are chairs in the room. (correct) There is chair in the room. (incorrect) There is a furniture in the room. (incorrect) There are furnitures in the ...